High School: Arron Lickteig joins the Cowboys as six-year letterwinner at Freeman High School in Freeman, S.D. He had an excellent prep career under Ryan Mors and Britni Johnson. The highlight of Lickteig's prep career was a South Dakota state individual championship his junior season. He also earned two runner-up finishes as an eighth grader, sophomore and senior. He was a four-time All-State selection. As a junior he won the Sioux Empire Junior Tournament. Also excelled on the football field as a three-year letterwinner and earned All-Cornbelt Conference honorable mention. Excelled in the classroom at Freeman High School as a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Lickteig was born on October 16, 1994. He is the son of Chris and Gwen and has a sister, Courtney. He plans on majoring in petroleum engineering at UW.